ANCIENT COFFIN FOUND

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11768, 15 October 1932, Page 10

ANCIENT COFFIN FOUND

Beside the altar of the old garrison •church in the long-abandoned fortress of Loutsbourg, near Sydney. Nova s cotia, has been, found-by parties restoring that histone place an ancient c-oflin which is believed to contain the mortal remains of the Due d'Auville. .High -Admiral of France, who died in Halifax in .1 1 !(> alter a disastrous royage Mom Europe in. command of a licet- f h<.' mission of which was to recapture Louishourg from the English (states the Canadian newsletter issued by the Canadian section oil the Empire Press Union). I) Anville was one of the illustrious La Roehetouenuldis, and lie set out Mom France the year after the English took Louishourg, in command of many ships and 17,0(TC men. But his ships were badly prepart'd, lie ran into storms and calms, his men sickened and died. and soon after he made the safe harbour : of Halifax with part of his fleet the. commander died very suddenly. His successors had no hotter -Fortum', the fleet- never attacked Louishourg, and few of the Hups ever reached home. It is claimed by historians, on the nui (unity of old documents, that d'Auville's heart was returned to France and his body buried in the old church at Louisbou'rg. Two other found near arc supposed to contaifw the remains of early French Governors of Cape Breton.